Please bare with me because I'm no writer! lol
Like many, I've been lurking this forum for a while and have read MJ's book. I figured today would be a good day to finally introduce myself.
Long story short...
Got my high school diploma, went straight to college, graduated with a 2 yr associates degree in a field I "thought" I was interested in, got a job, got married, started my own business, had a couple of kids, and here I am today, age 29 & BURNT OUT!
Like many young people I've done things without thinking... bought a house (loan), a nice truck (loan), and a nice toy (loan). Also, my wife is a stay at home mom and takes care of both of our kids, 5 mths and 3 yrs old. I make plenty of money to cover everything we have and do but, lately I have become extremely burnt out from having to work so many hours. Some days I get off from my 8 hr day job and work late at night and sometimes into the early morning hours to keep my business running. By doing this, it takes away from family time and being able to actually enjoy doing things I like.
To help you better understand my business, it was formed by fulfilling a niche in one of my hobbies. I created a product that solves a problem, which I manufacturer and ship out myself weekly. I bought an e-commerce website, done all of the design work on it and added hundreds of other products along with mine that fit in my niche market from other manufacturers. The good thing is I don't have to make their products or keep inventory because they drop ship. The bad thing is not knowing if something is in-stock or not.
Most of my customers call with questions or to place orders while I'm at my day job. I always miss them unless the customer emails or texts me. This has always been an issue. My wife helped in the past, but it become hard for her to answer calls once we had two kids.
I know, you are thinking "why not hire help?", well that is where my actions have screwed things up. I have always tried to do everything on my own because I am very picky and want everything to function and look its best. On top of that I procrastinate on my bookkeeping because I get so overwhelmed with orders coming through and trying to keep my family happy. I have wanted to hire somebody but not being organized prevents that in my opinion.
With all of this being said, my goal is to get organized and quit my job by next year since my business brings in more income than my dreaded day job. The only good thing about my day job is the benefits, but I'm sure everybody says that.
Anyways, any feedback would be greatly appreciated since a lot of you on this forum are successful and know how to run a successful business, or maybe you have been in my shoes before?
Like many, I've been lurking this forum for a while and have read MJ's book. I figured today would be a good day to finally introduce myself.
Long story short...
Got my high school diploma, went straight to college, graduated with a 2 yr associates degree in a field I "thought" I was interested in, got a job, got married, started my own business, had a couple of kids, and here I am today, age 29 & BURNT OUT!
Like many young people I've done things without thinking... bought a house (loan), a nice truck (loan), and a nice toy (loan). Also, my wife is a stay at home mom and takes care of both of our kids, 5 mths and 3 yrs old. I make plenty of money to cover everything we have and do but, lately I have become extremely burnt out from having to work so many hours. Some days I get off from my 8 hr day job and work late at night and sometimes into the early morning hours to keep my business running. By doing this, it takes away from family time and being able to actually enjoy doing things I like.
To help you better understand my business, it was formed by fulfilling a niche in one of my hobbies. I created a product that solves a problem, which I manufacturer and ship out myself weekly. I bought an e-commerce website, done all of the design work on it and added hundreds of other products along with mine that fit in my niche market from other manufacturers. The good thing is I don't have to make their products or keep inventory because they drop ship. The bad thing is not knowing if something is in-stock or not.
Most of my customers call with questions or to place orders while I'm at my day job. I always miss them unless the customer emails or texts me. This has always been an issue. My wife helped in the past, but it become hard for her to answer calls once we had two kids.
I know, you are thinking "why not hire help?", well that is where my actions have screwed things up. I have always tried to do everything on my own because I am very picky and want everything to function and look its best. On top of that I procrastinate on my bookkeeping because I get so overwhelmed with orders coming through and trying to keep my family happy. I have wanted to hire somebody but not being organized prevents that in my opinion.
With all of this being said, my goal is to get organized and quit my job by next year since my business brings in more income than my dreaded day job. The only good thing about my day job is the benefits, but I'm sure everybody says that.
Anyways, any feedback would be greatly appreciated since a lot of you on this forum are successful and know how to run a successful business, or maybe you have been in my shoes before?
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